holy crap little wigglies help quick

[bukster]

what are these things? i just scrubbed the sides of my rt tank and a butt load of these little white things like a half inch long and thinner than a hair started wiggling around my tank. i thought they were just junk floating around till i looked closer. they have tails that wiggle like sperm and heads that stay still. i'm lost. please help quick.

 

[Bud_Man_Jr]

Planaria maybe.They are nothing.They dont hurt the fish or make them sick.Just makes it look dirty.I got rid of it by cycling a tank for a month.Then doing a 100% water change and new grave and media.Caused by overfeeding i belive.

 

[bukster]

what do planeria do? like what do they feed on? what is their purpose? what do they do from fish? is there anything else they can be?

 

[Bud_Man_Jr]

They do nothing but make the tank ugly.They eat fish food.Dont over feed.They eat the extras.IDK what else they could be.

 

[bukster]

would it have anything to do with feeding chunk fish? could it be something coming out of that?

 

[Bud_Man_Jr]

It just forms.Slow down on feeding.Some times a sign of overfeeding.

 

[bukster]

i only feed bout once every 4 or 5 days

 

[Lil_Stinker]

acquired generally by overfeeding &/or not removing excess foods.

If I remember correctly they come out of the rocks (if there) when the food in the rocks gets scarce.

When I had them, my fishies ate them.